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Hoogovens (1975) The 37th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a Category XII event, held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands in 1975. Nine grandmasters and seven masters competed in a round robin format in the prestigious A event. The participants were (in order of Elo): Lajos Portisch (2635), Robert Huebner (2615), Efim Geller (2600), Vlastimil Hort (2600), Jan Smejkal (2600), Svetozar Gligoric (2575), Semyon Furman (2560), Lubomir Kavalek (2555), Walter Shawn Browne (2550), Jan Timman (2510), Jan Hein Donner (2485), Hans Ree (2470), Gennady Sosonko (2470), Luben Popov (2460), Franciscus Kuijpers (2445), and Kick Langeweg (2410). The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 1 Portisch • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 10½ 2 Hort 0 • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10 3 Smejkal ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 9½ 4 Kavalek ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 9 =5 Sosonko ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 8½ =5 Huebner ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ =5 Gligoric 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ =8 Timman ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 8 =8 Geller ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8 =8 Browne ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 11 Furman ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 7 12 Langeweg ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 1 ½ ½ 6½ 13 Ree 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 5½ 14 Donner 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ 5 15 Kuijpers 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 • ½ 4 16 Popov 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 3½ Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1975, by User: suenteus po 147. Previous: Hoogovens (1974). Next: Hoogovens (1976). See also Hoogovens-B (1975)  page 2 of 5; games 26-50 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. H Ree vs Geller   ½-½ 26 1975 Hoogovens E81 King's Indian, Samisch 27. Gligoric vs Hort   ½-½ 63 1975 Hoogovens D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 28. L Popov vs Sosonko   0-1 32 1975 Hoogovens D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 29. Furman vs Timman   ½-½ 65 1975 Hoogovens B08 Pirc, Classical 30. F Kuijpers vs Smejkal   0-1 74 1975 Hoogovens B32 Sicilian 31. Huebner vs Portisch   ½-½ 43 1975 Hoogovens A09 Reti Opening 32. Kavalek vs K Langeweg 1-0 33 1975 Hoogovens B44 Sicilian 33. Browne vs Kavalek   ½-½ 28 1975 Hoogovens B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 34. Geller vs Gligoric ½-½ 46 1975 Hoogovens C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 35. Hort vs Furman   ½-½ 30 1975 Hoogovens A07 King's Indian Attack 36. Sosonko vs J H Donner   ½-½ 15 1975 Hoogovens A57 Benko Gambit 37. Timman vs Huebner   1-0 42 1975 Hoogovens E12 Queen's Indian 38. Smejkal vs L Popov   ½-½ 38 1975 Hoogovens A04 Reti Opening 39. Portisch vs F Kuijpers 1-0 27 1975 Hoogovens A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 40. K Langeweg vs H Ree   1-0 21 1975 Hoogovens E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 41. Browne vs Sosonko ½-½ 20 1975 Hoogovens B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 42. Furman vs Geller   ½-½ 16 1975 Hoogovens D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 43. Huebner vs Hort   ½-½ 19 1975 Hoogovens E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 44. F Kuijpers vs Timman   ½-½ 40 1975 Hoogovens B83 Sicilian 45. J H Donner vs Smejkal 0-1 71 1975 Hoogovens D71 Neo-Grunfeld 46. Gligoric vs K Langeweg   ½-½ 104 1975 Hoogovens E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 47. Kavalek vs H Ree   1-0 47 1975 Hoogovens C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 48. L Popov vs Portisch   0-1 61 1975 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 49. Smejkal vs Browne   1-0 94 1975 Hoogovens E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 50. Portisch vs J H Donner 1-0 26 1975 Hoogovens E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6  page 2 of 5; games 26-50 of 120    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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